Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100840

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100840

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Female fluids in post-copulatory sexual selection. This project aims to test the causes, consequences and mechanisms of female reproductive fluids in modulating fertilisation bias in a model vertebrate species, the zebrafish. Female reproductive fluids (the fluid surrounding eggs) may moderate sperm selection by females, thus facilitating mate choice at the gamete level. This project will study interactions involving sperm and female reproductive fluid in an evolutionary framework. The intended outcome is increased knowledge of these processes, and better understanding of how non-gamete factors affect fertility, which could benefit fields as diverse as human fertility and aquaculture.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2017

End Date: 31-10-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $510,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Fisheries - Aquaculture not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Fisheries - Aquaculture not elsewhere classified

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